via Daily Prompt: Gratitude So fellow travelers, today’s blog prompt from WordPress is Gratitude. With a forecast for heavy winds, rain and plummeting temps I knew the flowers still lingering in my garden were better cut and brought inside to enjoy than left to the elements. Gratitude today Is gathering zinnias So late […]
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Autumn Zinnias
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 29, 2017
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Zen Moment : Milkweed
via Daily Prompt: Surreal So fellow travelers, the WordPress blog prompt for today is the word “surreal.” One experience from a few days ago immediately came to mind, as did several images I’ve captured recently. There is something about the way light can transform an ordinary object, like a milkweed plant so it generates […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 26, 2017
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Zen Moment: Park Bench
So fellow travelers, warm weather continues to linger and I’ll take it in as long as I can. Yesterday a passing front left behind dramatic clouds, promising photo ops worth the drive to the other end of the lakefront park where Delilah and I often walk. It’s not far, but that end of the park […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 25, 2017
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Life in Black and White
So fellow travelers, there is a challenge trending on social media called Seven days in B&W. Here are the guidelines, which we use as the header for each post: Seven days. Seven B & W photos of my life. No people. No explanation. Post and Challenge someone new each day. A collection of some of my daily life […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 17, 2017
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Sinking In
So fellow travelers, one of the things I value highly from being part of a creative community are the moments when one person’s contribution generates another work. We call it the ripple effect. Jackie Campbell, a friend and fellow haiku writer (she posts one almost daily in her thoughtful blog) shared a story with a […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 15, 2017
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Bridges and Walls
So fellow travelers, one day last week I had some time to enjoy a rare morning walk in the little Upstate NY village I live near. The trees have been a bit shy about changing into their autumn colors this year. September was so hot and dry it seems most leaves simply curled up and […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 9, 2017
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Safe Haven
“Hope rests on a foundation of understanding and happiness is sheltered by a roof of tolerance.” Hugh Prather So fellow travelers, working at our local high school I see the damage that bullies inflict not only on their targets but on a community as a whole. Just last year, our community lost a very precious […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 16, 2017
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Turning the Page on an Endless Summer
So fellow travelers, today is the final day of the 2017 Great New York State Fair . This photo is from 2011 because I won’t have photos from The Fair this year. You see, for the first time in forty two years I am not going. This is a decision without precident and far out of […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 4, 2017
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There and Back Again: Redefining Home
So fellow travelers, it’s been a quiet few days since we’ve returned from our marvelous trip to the Pacific Northwest. There’s more than a hint of Autumn in the air, one local weather watcher reported a record early frost in her area a bit north of here. Delilah and I found signs of way too […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 3, 2017
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Mountain Spells
So fellow travelers, we have spent three days discovering the majestic power of the mountains in Rainier and Olympic National Parks in Washington. Mount Rainier (above) and Mount Olympus (below) They are spellbinding. Yesterday at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, Favorite Older Daughter and I hiked a trail leading to a lookout point. It […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 27, 2017
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